342. Aspidura brachyorrhos. 



Scytale brackyorrhos, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 517. 

 Aspidura scytale, Dum. fy Bibr. Erp. G4n. vii, p. 128. 



Col. Sn. p. 14. 

 r. 2. 



Cat. p. 142. 



Bostral small, deeper than broad, scarcely visible from above ; 

 frontal a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 two thirds the length of the parietals ; supraocular more than 

 half the length of the frontal ; prsefrontals in contact with the 

 second and third upper labials, separated from the eye by a prae- 

 ocular; two postoculars, lower the larger, both in contact with 

 the parietal; temporals 1 + 2; 6 upper labials, first smallest, sixth 

 largest, fourth entering the eye; 4 lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields small and scale- 

 like. Scales in 17 rows, all perfectly smooth. Ventrals 139 

 154 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 27-38. Pale yellowish or reddish 

 brown above, with four more or less indistinct darker longitudinal 

 streaks and a vertebral series of blackish dots ; an oblique blackish 

 cross-band on each side of the nape; belly uniform yellowish, 

 tail more or less abundantly freckled with brown. 



Total length 14-5 inches; tail 1-65. 



Hab. Ceylon ; found only in the mountains. 



343. Aspidura copii. 



Aspidura copii, Gilnth. Sept. B. I. p. 203, pi. xviii, fig. E ; Theob. 

 Cat. p. 143. 



Kostral small, deeper than broad, not visible from above ; frontal 

 a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, three 

 fifths the length of the parietals ; supraocular very small, not half 

 the length of the frontal ; praefrontals in contact with the second, 

 third, and fourth upper labials and with the eye ; no prseocular ; 

 two postoculars, lower the larger, both in contact with the parietal ; 

 temporals 1 + 2 ; 6 upper labials, first smallest, sixth largest, 

 fourth entering the eye; 4 lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields (which, in the type specimen, happen to be 

 divided into two pairs) ; posterior chin-shields small and scale-like. 

 Scales in 17 rows, those on the sides of the anal region and on the 

 tail keeled in the male. Ventrals 125-150 ; anal undivided ; 

 subcaudals 20-33. Brown above, with two longitudinal series of 

 large, black, pale-edged spots ; an oblique, black cross-band on 

 each side of the nape : lower surface yellowish, spotted or freckled 

 with brown. 



Total length 16-5 inches ; tail 2-8. 



Hob. Ceylon (Districts of Dimbola and Dickoya, 4000-5000 

 feet). 



